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1 month ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams |Justin Claas
The city of Clarksdale withdrew a lawsuit Tuesday filed against a newspaper for an editorial it published accusing the city of being secretive and deceptive. The city sued Delta Press Publishing over the editorial in the Clarksdale Press Register earlier this month in Hinds County Chancery Court. The city accused the paper of defamation.
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2 months ago | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas |Angela Williams
A federal judge has granted a protective order in the bribery case against Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, District Attorney Jody Owens and Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks. The order means that evidence disclosed to the defendants in the case will remain for their eyes and the eyes of their attorneys only. U.S. District Court Judge Lakeysha Greer Isaac issued the order on Feb. 5.
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2 months ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams |Justin Claas
President Donald Trump has signed a record number of executive orders during his first week back in office. One of the latest has a direct impact on the city of Jackson.As of Tuesday, all environmental litigation for the Department of Justice is on pause. City Attorney Drew Martin spoke to the Jackson City Council about what that means for the ongoing consent decree legal fight over the city’s water system.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
On Thursday, the Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would completely overhaul the state tax system.House Bill 1, also known as the Build Up Mississippi Act, passed by an 88-24 vote.The bill includes a gradual phasing out of the state's income tax and reduction of the grocery tax, which at 7% is the highest in the country.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
wapt.com | Erin Pickens |Justin Claas
One week into the Mississippi legislative session, and there is a lot to be decided. So far this session, there has been a lot of emphasis on state tax reform, plus other holdover issues from last year, like Medicaid expansion and restoring the ballot initiative. But there have been more than 500 bills introduced in the last week, and most of them cover other topics. Voting is an issue of interest, and there are dozens of voting-related bills already being discussed.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
Ice and snow are covering much of the South, and while the Jackson area only got rain, the storm is still causing disruptions. On Thursday and Friday, upwards of 10 flights in and out of Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International were either canceled or delayed. The winter storm has caused delays at airports in Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte and Tulsa, creating a domino effect all the way here in Jackson.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
A federal trial date is set for the man accused of killing a woman and kidnapping her daughters in the deadly Amber Alert case that spanned from Louisiana to Jackson in June.Daniel Callihan will face trial on March 10 in the federal courthouse in New Orleans for charges of kidnapping resulting in death and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.After that trial is over, Callihan will still face state charges in both Louisiana and Mississippi, where he...
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
A Brookhaven police detective is out of a job just days after a judge dismissed charges in a case he worked.Detective Vincent Fernando sent a letter of resignation to the Brookhaven City Council saying he planned to resign effective Jan. 31. Tuesday, the council rejected that resignation and instead voted unanimously to fire him immediately.Fernando was on the attempted murder case of D'Monterrio Gibson, a FedEx driver who was shot at while delivering a package in January of 2022.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
The trial of three high-ranking Jackson and Hinds County officials won't be starting on Jan. 6, 2025, as originally planned.Attorneys for District Attorney Jody Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Councilman Aaron Banks, alongside the Department of Justice, asked the judge last week to continue the case and designate it as complex. The judge granted that motion Tuesday.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
wapt.com | Justin Claas
The Egg Bowl has garnered a reputation as one of the most bitter rivalries in all of college football, but off the field Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi are working together closer than ever.Thursday, the schools announced a new partnership that will allow MSU students to move on to get their law degrees from UM.Qualified students will be able to enter the Juris Doctor program at UM before completing their bachelor's degree, making the process of getting a law...
